8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 33 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United States v. Newton P. Van Drunen.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Newton P. Van Drunen Anchor | green | “an important institution contributing to the rehabilitation of the defendant spouse.” | 5 |
| 2 | United States v. Richard Clark | green | “so that the witness-spouse alone has a privilege to refuse to testify ad- versely; the witness may be neither compelled to testify nor foreclosed from testifying.” | 4 |
| 3 | In Re Grand Jury Subpoena United States of America, Hana Koecher | green | “a person desiring to enlist the aid of his spouse as an accomplice cannot now be sure that he is not creating an- other potential witness; he takes the risk that the spouse may choose to testify.” | 4 |
| 4 | In Re Grand Jury Subpoena United States of America, Hana Koecher | green | “rehabilitation has never been regarded as one of the interests served by the spousal privilege.” | 4 |
| 5 | In Re Grand Jury Subpoena United States of America, Hana Koecher | green | “the supreme court's action in trammel has some negative implications as regards the joint participant excep- tion.” | 4 |
| 6 | United States v. Ronald Lofton, Sr. | green | “applies to all testimony against a defendant- spouse, including testimony on nonconfidential matters and matters which occurred prior to the marriage” | 4 |
| 7 | United States v. Lauderdale | green | “inquiry is whether the defendant was deprived of a fair trial.” | 4 |
| 8 | United States v. Pineda Mateo | green | “the broader societal interest ... in avoiding the per- ceived unseemliness of seeing a spouse being coerced to ac- tively contribute to the prosecution of his or her spouse.” | 4 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.